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her into lifting too much weight on her first class, her counsel told a Missouri Jackson Lewis
jury during Tuesday opening statements. Read full article » Jomarron Lopez
SERIES SPOTLIGHT
K&L Gates
Kendall Brill
Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
Kirkland & Ellis
Littler Mendelson PC shareholder Scott Forman's innovative case
management platform helps his firm analyze litigation data, craft defense Kramer Levin
strategies, predict outcomes and greatly reduce client costs, earning him a Krieger Kim
spot on our 2018 list of Data-Driven Lawyers. Read full article »
Link & Rockenbach
Littler Mendelson
WHITE COLLAR
McDermott Will
NY Jury To Weigh Bribery Charges Against Hong Kong Doc Moore & Associates LLP
A Manhattan jury was on track Tuesday to begin deliberating bribery and Morgan Lewis
money laundering charges against a Hong Kong doctor accused of boxing up Murphy & King
$2 million in cash for the president of Chad to facilitate an oilfield investment
Nixon Peabody
on behalf of a Chinese energy giant. Read full article »
Reese Marketos
2nd Circ. Nixes $8.9M Restitution From Gambler Billy Walters Scheper Kim
A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday vacated and remanded back to trial $8.89 Searcy Denney
million in restitution ordered against professional sports gambler Billy Walters Shapiro Arato
for insider trading. Read full article »
Shipley Snell
INSURANCE Squire Patton Boggs
Stubbs Alderton
Progressive Settles $23M Bad Faith Case As Trial Nears Tucker Ellis
Progressive and the family of a child hit by a policyholder's car announced a Weinberg Wheeler
settlement Tuesday in Florida federal court in a case accusing the insurer of
Zaytoun Law Firm
exposing the policyholder to a $22.7 million judgment by failing to coax him to
complete critical paperwork. Read full article »
COMPANIES
Altman Weil Inc.
PERSONAL INJURY & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
American Cancer Society Inc.
NC Court Slashes $6.5M Jury Award In Patient Death Suit Bass Pro Shops
A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday vacated the bulk of a $6.5 million Burford Capital LLC
judgment in a suit accusing a hospital of negligently treating a chest pain Cabela's Inc.
patient, which caused his death the same day, saying the jury should not
California Teachers Association
have been allowed to award for pain and suffering. Read full article »
Carolinas HealthCare System
Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over Jury's Role In Tree Fall Case Chicago Bulls
Pennsylvania's highest court said Tuesday that it would not hear an appeal of Citizens for Responsibility and
a decision that jurors be allowed to consider whether a man's misuse of a Ethics in Washington
safety harness that broke and sent him falling from a tree canceled out Counsel on Call Services Inc.
claims that the product came with faulty warnings and instructions. Read full
CrossFit Inc.
article »
Deutsche Bank AG
COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS General Motors
Harbour Litigation Funding Ltd.
Mercedes-Benz Tells Texas Justices To Ax $115M Fraud Award
Hilton Worldwide Inc.
Mercedes-Benz told the Texas Supreme Court in oral arguments Tuesday
IMF Bentham Ltd.
that a $115 million punitive damages award against it must be tossed
Johnson & Johnson
because it's based not on the contract between it and a former business
partner, but on alleged oral agreements. Read full article » Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
LexisNexis Group
Body Glove's Tactics Didn't Hurt Asia Licensee, Jury Says
Linkedln Corp.
Body Glove and its private equity owner, Marquee Brands LLC, didn't harm
Manchester United
the Asia licensee of the watersports company despite engaging in hardball
Mercedes-Benz
business tactics during a dispute over licensing rights in the world's most
populous region, a California federal jury has determined. Read full article » Monsanto Co.
Mylan NV
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